Amusement-railway.



F! GLYNN- AMUfiEMBNT RAILWAY- APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 28, 1913.1,127,753, Patented Feb.9, 1915.

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F. GLYNN.

AMUSEMENT RAILWAY.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28, 1913- Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

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FRANK GLYNN, 0F PERTH AMBO'Y, NEW JERSEY.

AMUSEMENT-RAILWAY.

Application filed November 28, 1913.

T0 att whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK GLYNN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Perth Amboy, county of Middlesex, and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAmusement-Railways, of which the following is a specification.

The general object of the invention is to incorporate in an amusementrailway such structures as will operate to jolt and to sway a car movingalong the track of said railway. And to these ends the invention residesin forming adjacent sections of the railway track one with a series ofdownwardly extending ofiset portions and the other with a compoundcurvature.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodimentof my invention of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in whichFigure 1 is a side elevation of the device in a diagrammatic form. Fig.2 is a plan in diagrammatic form. Fig. 3 is a detail partly in sectionand side elevation of the track guide and car. Fig. 4 is an enlargedcross section in detail taken on the line 41 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a Viewsimilar to Fig. at taken on the line 55 of Fig. 3.

The railway forming the subject matter of the present invention isherein designated generally by a and includes a track 1) upon which isadapted to travel the cars one of which is shown in Fig. 1 and indicatedgen erally by 0. The structure of the railway may be such as will permitof operating the cars either by suitable motive power, such aselectricity, or by gravity as shown. The direction of extension of thetrack 6 may be such as is found desirable, and in the embodiment shown,this track is arranged spirally and supported by the uprights cl.

Approach to the highest point in the track 5 is had over an inclinedrail 5 which extends from the highest point in the track Z) to a pointadjacent to the ground, where, by preference, it is suitably connectedand arranged so as to form an extension "of the extension 6 at thelowest point in the track 6. A suitable motor operated elevator hereinshown in dotted lines in the form of an endless chain 7, is arranged insuch relation to the incline 5 as to move a car such as is shown at a,upwardly to the highest point Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915. Serial No. 803,475.

in the track Z2. Any preferred or wellknown means may be employed forconnecting the upwardly moving side of the elevator 7 to any convenientpoint on the car, it being understood that such means will antomaticallydisengage from the car when the same arrives at the highest point in thetrack 6.

As will be noted by referring to Figs. 1, 3 and d, the rail 8 which goesto make up the track a is I-shaped in vertical cross section and issuitably fastened to cross pieces 9 associated with the uprights (Z. InFig. 1 the upper spiral only is shown as connected to the cross piecesof the uprights, but it will be understood that cross pieces will beprovided and arranged so as to admit of connecting the succeedingspirals.

By virtue of the cross sectional contour of the track rail 8, two treadsor bearing surfaces, as is found present in the ordinary railway track,are provided for the truck wheels 1010 of the car a, so also, are stopswhich function to prevent bodily upward movement of the said truckwheels. It will, of course, be understood that this structure of trackrail while embracing features of economy and simplicity, is notessential for the purpose of my invention and therefore the ordinarydouble track rail system may be substituted for what is shown, if founddesirable.

As shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4: the truck wheels 10 are in diameter soproportioned to the intervening space between the flanges of the trackrail 8, as to admit of the said wheels rotating freely on their axles 11while bearing on the lower flange, as viewed in Fig. 4. The arms 12-12to which the axles 1111 are attached, are formed integral with orotherwise suitably secured to the upper end of a casing 13 whose lowerend is provided with a detachable head 14-.

The head lt is pierced to loosely receive the piston rod 15 whose innerend is attached to a piston 16 slidingly fitted in the easing 18.

17 is a compression spring arranged in the casing 13 and surrounding therod 15 and operating to provide a yielding support for the piston andits rod. The casing with its piston arms 1212 and wheels 10-l0 combineto form a truck for the car 0, the connection between the piston and thecar being effected by a hanger in the form of a rod 18 which has a ballat its upper end that interlocks with a socket 19 in the piston rod 15and an eye 20 at its lower end which interlocks with an eye 21positioned at the central part of a spider-like frame 22 to which thebody 23 of the car is attached. It will be noted that by virtue of theconnection between the hanger and the truck and car, a

- flexible connection is established between the truck and the car,whereby to permit of an amount of lateral movement of the car inde andwhich connects to the extension 6, corresponds in structure to thespiral 26. It will be noted now by referring to Fig. 1 that a guide 0underlies the spirals 24l -26-27 and 28. As shown in Fig. 5 this guideis made up of guide rails 29 and 30 arranged in spaced relation andspaced apart for a suflicient distance to permit the passingtherebetween of a roller 31 journaled on the hanger 18. It will be notedthat the guide 0 v extends as a spiral, the parts thereof underlying thespirals 241 and 27 of the track having a regular curvature but the partsunderlying the spirals 26 and 28 having a compound lateral curvature asindicated by 32 1 in Fig. 2.

Nith the foregoing structure it is obvious that a car constructed aspreviously described, will be bounced vertically upon passing over theparts 21 and 27 of the track and forced to follow a zigzag course bypassing over the parts 26 and 28 of the said track. It will be furthernoted that when the part 31 swings into contact with either guide rail,the said part will roll on such rail and effect the rotating of the car.Thus when. the track proper and guide are considered as a whole, it isobvious that the several parts of the track will combine to bounce,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for rotate and undulate a carlaterally as the car progresses over the railway.

The body 25 of the car a is by preference cylindrical in contour andprovided with a door 33 which controls the passageway into the car.Interiorly the body is provided with a seat 3 1 substantially circularin con tour. This seat is suitably padded or otherwise cushioned toprevent injury to the passengers, as the positions of these aredisturbed by the action of the car as the same proceeds along the track.

What is claimed as new is:

1; An amusement railway, comprising an elevated track adapted forsupporting therefrom a car and having associated therewith structuresarranged for eflecting the bouncing and the turning of the car and thecausing of the car to follow a Zigzag course as the car progresses onthetrack.

2. An amusement railway comprising a track having sections thereofconnected together and arranged in echelon, a car adapted to travel onthe track, and means for causing the car to follow a zigzag course whilein progression the track.

3. In an amusement railway, a track having a regular portion and anirregular portion made up of connected sections arranged in echelon, anirregular-shaped guide arranged adjacent to the regular portion of thetrack, and a car adapted to be operated upon by the irregular portionsof the track and guide substantially as described.

4. In an amusement railway, the combination of a track and a car, thesaid car being adapted to travel on the said track, and structuresassociated with the car and with the railway and combining to bounce thecar vertically and undulate the car laterally as the same progressesalong the track of the railway.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 21 day of November 1913.

JOHN J. DESMOND, JOHN PUGH.

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